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Started to play/learn my lathe, the Enco 1236, was drilling a hole, stepping up bits until the finally size and once I got to a 1/2 drill bit it started, then started to spin the tail stock. Now I didn't hear anything break, etc, but clearly it shouldn't be spinning.
Took a part the tail stock and see what was going on. Figuring there was could be a shear pin that goes into the key way. Did find a hole for something just in front of the locking pin hole but there wan't anything in there, (hard to see the photo). Did check the depth of the hole, was about 10mm deep. There is no evidence of the hole on the outside of the tail stock, but guessing they used body filler to hide it.
I was thinking of just creating a brass shear pin to place into the hole to go into the key way.
Thoughts? How tight should the pin fit? The key way is just over 5mm wide.
Took a part the tail stock and see what was going on. Figuring there was could be a shear pin that goes into the key way. Did find a hole for something just in front of the locking pin hole but there wan't anything in there, (hard to see the photo). Did check the depth of the hole, was about 10mm deep. There is no evidence of the hole on the outside of the tail stock, but guessing they used body filler to hide it.
I was thinking of just creating a brass shear pin to place into the hole to go into the key way.
Thoughts? How tight should the pin fit? The key way is just over 5mm wide.